Angelina Jolie Didn't Realize How Much She'd 'Lost My Voice' After Mom's Death and 'When Someone Hurt Me'

Angelina Jolie on Dec. 2, 2024.Photo:ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Angelina Jolieis opening up about the emotional process of rediscovering her voice forMaria.When the Oscar winner, 49, sat down withWicked’sCynthia ErivoforVariety’s “Actors on Actors” series, Jolie admitted she was “terrified” to learn to sing opera in order to portray Maria Callas.While the actress credited director Pablo Larraín with ensuring she “had the right teachers, Italian classes, opera singing, body breathing,” she also told Erivo, 37, that learning to sing proved therapeutic for her.

Angelina Jolie Gets Asked 'the Most Insane Question.' Here's How She Responded

Angelina Jolie on Dec. 2, 2024.Photo:ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Angelina Joliebalked at a question regarding whether there should be a biopic about her life. “That gets the most insane question award,” Jolie said in response. “When you’re a public person and you’re playing her, you’re conscious of how you would hate for somebody to interpret your life or think they understand your life, so we tried to be thoughtful.

Angelina Jolie Goes Barefoot onThe Tonight ShowAfter Decade Away from Talk Shows: Why She Ditched Her Shoes

Angelina Jolie appeared onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallonto promote her movieMaria, during which the host noticed she wasn’t wearing shoesThe Oscar winner explained she’d recently broken her toe, and had opted to go barefoot as a resultJolie further admitted that she was “nervous” on talk shows, having not appeared on one for more than 10 years, and discussed her kids' desire for privacy in their personal livesAngelina Joliemade an unexpected fashion statement during her first talk-show appearance in a decade.

Angelina Jolie Recalls Emotional Story of Her Mom Watching from Home as Jon Voight Attended Oscars with 'the Other Woman'

Angelina Jolie at the Maltin Modern Master Award ceremony on Feb. 5.Photo:Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for Santa Barbara International Film Festival Rebecca Sapp/Getty Images for Santa Barbara International Film Festival Angelina Joliehad a complicated memory of theOscarsyears before winning one herself.TheMariastar, 49, appeared at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival on Wednesday, Feb. 5, to accept the Maltin Modern Master Award and discuss her decades of screen work with its namesake, critic Leonard Maltin.

Angelina Jolie Reveals the 'New Way' She's Being Honest with Her Kids About the 'Pain' Parents Usually Hide

Monica Schipper/Getty Angelina Jolieis opening up about being unable to hide her pain from her children while working on her new film,Maria.While speaking with theBBCabout her experience working on the biopic alongside her eldest sonsMaddox, 23, and Pax, 21, who worked as production assistants on the film, the actress, 49, revealed that the brothers watched their mom expressing pain in “a new way."“They’ve seen me go through a lot of things, but they hadn’t experienced me expressing a lot of the pain that usually a parent hides from a child,” Jolie admitted.